How access from Russia is handled when Cloudflare is restricted

Last updated: July 10, 2026

If users in Russia cannot open a hub without a VPN, this can be caused by regional blocking of Cloudflare traffic. Because the platform uses Cloudflare for CDN, traffic filtering, and anti-DDoS protection, a portion of Russian traffic may intermittently have trouble reaching the main domain.

To restore access, Russian traffic can be routed through a dedicated mirror domain hosted on a Russia-accessible IP. The main hub domain remains unchanged for all users; visitors still open the standard hub URL, and Russian traffic is redirected automatically at the infrastructure level based on IP geolocation.

How the routing works

  1. Players continue visiting the main hub domain as usual.

  2. Russian traffic is identified on the Cloudflare side by IP.

  3. Users from Russia are routed automatically to the mirror domain.

  4. Users connecting from Russia through a VPN may not be redirected, because routing depends on the detected IP location.

  5. The routing can be reconfigured or disabled without changing the public-facing main domain.

What is required to enable the mirror

If the project serves traffic from multiple regions, the main domain should remain unchanged and a separate domain or subdomain should be created specifically for Russian traffic.

Set up a dedicated DNS record for the mirror domain:

<mirror-subdomain> IN A 103.151.135.62

Example:

club-rf.example.com IN A 103.151.135.62

If setting up a separate domain on the customer side is inconvenient, a default mirror domain can be provided and configured on the infrastructure side instead.

After DNS is added

After the DNS change is made, allow a short setup window for the mirror to recognize the domain and issue an SSL certificate. Once that is complete, access from Russia can be tested and routing enabled.

Analytics note

If analytics are collected in GA4, add the mirror domain to the existing web stream domain configuration so visits to the mirror are included in reporting.

In GA4, this can be configured under:

Admin → Data collection and modification → Data streams → select web stream → Configure tag settings → Configure your domains → Add condition → enter domain → Save